Washing apparatus



Sept. 13, 1932. F. HILL WASHING APPARATUS Filed May 14, 1929 PatentedSept. 13, 1932 UNITED. Si'lffffl-5 "PATENT OFFICE* FREDERICKHILL,.orinar/:smelt VENcsrmiNn y' y WASHINGnrramvrnsy Aiipiicaun mea may 14,maestria-Nq. seaoeaand in Great Britain May l1e, iezs.

This invention of improvements in appara'- tu; for use in washing animalol'als 'and for other analogous purposes relates specially to apparatusfor Vwashing tripes, animal feet and other, animal 'ofalsand isapplicablealso in apparatus for other analogouspurposes as, for example,for washing roots.' f

The invention yprovides an apparatus in which the' washingliquid is madeto' flow in one direction and the material to lbe washed is made toYpass throughV the, apparatus fin a contrary direction by the action ofpersons handling or working the material in the 3 washing thereof soythat the materialis wash- "15 ed progressively in cleaner water andlastly in clean water and the dirt or other matter washed off or fromthe material is `carried 'out of the apparatus with theV waste water sothat there is 110, or little accumulation of dirt or waste matter intheapparatus. p This invention consistsy in a washing apparatus comprisinga tank presenting a channel for the flow of waterfand provided at oneend with a pipe or pipes 'or other means for the supply of waterjandif'desirablefa pipe or pipes for thefsupply of steam or other means forheating watersupplied, if heating be desirable or` necessary, andprovidedat the other end with an outlet weir or overflow opening orpassage employed orcontrived with a battley or counterplate or` formedas a pipe or pipes or channel or channels with the entrance or entrancesat the lower end and the outlet or outlets'at ahigher level or made torise :trom the entrance or entrancesand to Vdescend to an outlet oroutlets at or above the level of the entrance or entrances or otherwiseJr`or water to pass to it from near the bottom of the tank so that whilethe water flowing through the tank shall be'kept in a stream ofapproximately constant depth Ythe water `flowing from the tank shallcarry out with it all or nearly all the dirt or matter washed olf or outof thematerial. l. v

The material to be washed may be placed or suppliedby hand orotherwisein or to the tank .at one end thereof and the washed material may beremoved at the other end of the tank by hand or inany other manner. Awashing apparatus provided according to the invention in a form to beAdescribed as 4an illustrative embodiment, is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing in which Fig. lisa sideelevation of the apparatusand Fig. 2 is arplan thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectiontakenapproximately on the plane in'- dicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 andFig. 4

is a vertical section taken approximately on the plane indicated by theline44 of Fig. v

`2. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section ona i larger scale thanFigs. 3 and 4 showing the 'formation ofthe vupper edgesv of theapparatus. A .v

The same numerals of reference are employedto indicate correspondingparts in all the figures. Y

The washing apparatus shown in Figs. 1, 2, V3 andl 4 of thedrawing,vcomprises a tank 6 divided for theV greater part of its lengthby a partition 7 into two compartments or limbs 8 and 9, each closed atone end and communieating by and only lby their other ends in a part ofthe tank 'bounded by a wall 10 curved approximately in a semi-circle.The Y one compartment or limb 8 at or neary its closedend is furnishedwith, Yas showna pipe 11 or if desirable with two or more such pipes,for the supply owater or it may be supplied 'otherwise with ruimingwaterand, if heating i be desirable or necessary, furnished with a pipefor the supply of steam or other means forheating the water supplied.The closed end of the other compartment or limb 9 is soV furnished with"an outlet 12V for water and withV a ymid-feather or partition 13extending across it and nearly to the bottom of the tank 6 and withanother mid-feather or wall or partition 14 extending from the bottomupwards to near the top of the tank 6 to divide the interior of the tankGironi the outlet 12. The outlet 12 for water is shown as a straightchannel orpassageextending across and below the compartment or limb 9and bounded in part by the end and one side thereof, and the mid-featheror partition 7 and in part by thefmid-feather or wall or partition 14which parts are'all madeto extend or provided lwith partsextending downto the lower lendof the outlet 'channel 12. The walls and bottomy oflthe tank 6, the partition 7, the mid-feather or partition 18 andmid-feather or wall 14 are all shown as formed of metal sheet or plateand riveted together and to a framework 17 further to be describedherein.

Beads or rims of sheet metal folded or curled upon itself, as shown bestin Fig. 5 are shown as applied o-n and secured as by riveting on theupper edges of the wall of the tank 6', the partition 7 and themid-feather or partition 13 in order to obviate risk of injury to thewet and tender hands andV arms of operators workingwith the apparatus.16 is a stay secured as by riveting to the partiti on 7 at the endnearest, the rounded end of the tank 6 and to the wall of the tank 6 atthe sides in order to secure the partition 7 against bending or strain.r[he stay 16 is'made to present a semi-circular transverse section orrounded upper `surface so as to obviatc risk 0f injury to the wet andsoft hands and arms of operators.

The frame-work 17 serving to support and stiften the walls and bottom ofthe tank 6 by being riveted thereto and to form legs or feet is shown asformed of angle .plates which in the case of the two nearer the roundedend of the tank 6, are divided along partV of the angle so that each ismade to present one arm to extend up the side ofthe tank 6V and anotherarm which is bent to extend across beneath the bottom of the tank 6.Around a hole 18 in the bottom of the compartment or limb 8 of the tank6, an annular internally screwthreaded collarV 19 is secured to receivea screw-threaded plug 20 which is ordinarily made to close the hole 18but may be removed when requisite for the tank 6v to be cleaned.Preferably the tank 6 is galvanized 'when fully constructed.

In the use of the apparatus shown, four operators usually work with thetank 6, standing approximatelyl at the places indicated by the numerals21, 22, 23, 24, and work in succession in the order of those numeralswith the animal oifal or other material to be washed.

VWater being made to flow through the tank 6 from the inlet 11 to theoutlet 12 and heated if necessary or desirable, the animal ol'l'alorother material to be washed is introduced into the one compartment orlimb 9 of the tank 6 near the outlet 12 for water and by theintroduction ofV fresh material and by the action of persons handling orworking the material in the washing thereof, the material is passedgradually first along that compartment or limb 9 and then into theother, 8, and eventually to the end at which that other limb orcompartment S is supplied with water and so as it becomes cleaner lit iswashed with gradually cleaner and finally with clean water while all ornearly all the dirt or other matter removed from the material washed, iscarried out of the tank 6 with the out-Howing water.

Levee/e vhot water.

What I do claim as my invention and desirev to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. A Washing apparatus for the purpose indicated comprising, a tankcompletely open and unobstructed above and free of internal .movingparts, which tank is surrounded by a wall curvedin part approximately ina semicircle to form one end ofthe tank and is divided for the greaterpart of its length by'a partition extending upwards from the bottomk andfrom the other end towards the curved part of the wall into two limbseach closed at one end and communicating only by their otherends in thepart of the tank bounded by the curved part of the wall, therebyconstituting a channel completely open and unobstructed throughout itslength above, `internally unobstructed throughoutits length from theclosed end of one limb to the closed end of the other, relatively longin proportionto its. width, and of adequate lengthk to present a seriesof working places continuous-one with another and freely accessible inwhich material may be washed progressively in successive stages inpassage from the end of one limb to the end of the `other limb; meansfor the'supply of running water at the end of the limb from whichmaterial washedis removed, and an overliow outlet passage at the end ofthe other limb wherematerialto be washed` is introduced,

` which overflow outlet passage has its entrance near the bottom ofksaid tank.

2. A washing apparatus for the purpose indicated comprising, a tankcompletely open and unobstructed above and free of internal movingparts, which tank is surrounded by a wall curved in part approximatelyin a semicircle to form one end of the tank and is divided for thegreater part of its length lby a partition extending upwards from thebottom and from the other end towards the curved partof the wall intotwo limbs each closed at one end and communicating only by their otherends in the part of the tank bounded by the curved part of the wall,thereby constituting a channel completely open andunobstructed.throughout its length above, internally unobstructedthroughout its length from the closed end of one limb to the closed 'endof the other, relatively long in proportion to its width, and ofadequate length to presenta series of' working places vcontinuous onewithanother and freely accessible in which material may be washedprogressively in successive stages in passage from the end of one limbto the end of the other limb; means for the supply of running water atthe endof the limbfrom which material washed is removed, a baliieextending across and toa point near the bottom of said channel at theend of the limb where material to be washed is introduced, and anoverflow-Weir at the side of saidrbai'fle remote from said channel, saidbaille and overflowweir providing an overflow outlet passage which hasits entrance near the bottom of the tank.

3. A washing apparatusl for the purpose indicated comprising, a tankcompletely open and unobstructed above and free of internal movingparts, which tank isl surroundedby a wall curved in part'approximatelyin a semicircle to form one end of the tank and is divided :tor thegreater part of its lengt-h by a partition extending upwards from thebottom and from the other end towards the curved part of thewall intotwo limbs each closed at one end and communieating only by their otherends in the part` of the tank bounded by the curved part of the wall,thereby constitutingra channel completely open and unobstructedthroughout its length above, internally unobstructed throughout itslength from the closed end of one limb to the closed end of the other,-relatively long in proportion to its width, and of adequate length topresent a series `of working places continues one With anothercontinuous one with another and freely accessible in which material maybe washed. progressively in successive stages in passage from the end ofone limb to the end of the other limb; an inlet/pipe for the supply ofrunning water; a battle extending across and to a point near the bottomof said channel at the end of the limb where 'material to be washed isintroduced, and an overflow-Weir at the side of said baille remote fromsaid channel, said batlie and overflow-Weir providing an overflow outletpassage which has its entrance near the bottom of the tank.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name this third day of May, 1929.

i FREDERICK HILL.

and freely accessible in which material may f be washed progressively insuccessive stages in passage Jfrom the end of one limb to the end of theother limb; an inlet pipe in one limb for the supply of running waterand an overflow outlet passage at the end ofthe other limb wherematerial to be washed is introduced, which overflow outlet passage hasits entrance near the bottom Lof said Y tank.

4. A washing apparatus for the purpose indicated comprising, a tankcompletely open and unobstructed above and free of internal movingparts, which tank is surrounded by a wall curved in part approximatelyin a semicircle to form one end of the tank and is divided for thegreater .part of its length by a partition extending upwards from thebottom and from the other end towards the curved part of the wall intotwo limbs each closed at one end and communicating only by their otherends in the part of the tank bounded by the curved part of the wall,

thereby constituting a channel completely open and unobstructedthroughout its length above, internally unobstructed throughout itslength from the closed end of one limb to the closed end of the other,relatively long in proportion to its width, and of adequate length topresent a series of working places iet y

